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In designing the Ubuntu type family, Dalton Maag had to produce faces for print and screen in thirteen styles and numerous non-Latin languages – all under scrutiny from an online audience of millions. By John Ridpath
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Brett Wickens on QuickTime’s upgrade
Not so quick on the QuickDraw
András Benedek on Apple’s extension
When 1+1=3
Colour overprinting: constructed images by printers and designers
Port: Prêt à porter
Jeremy Leslie, Port’s iPad app designer, explains his methods
Up close and tight
The legendary Herb Lubalin brought humour, sensuality and a contemporary flourish to complex typographic arrangements.
Blam: the essence is speed
William Owen looks at design in the age of digital reproduction
Techno cubists
Champions of the layered look, Nancy Skolos and Tom Wedell wed theory and technological wizardry